kagahapon

Cebuano Word: “kagahapon”

1. Part of Speech, Meaning, and Example Sentences

• Part of speech: temporal adverb / temporal noun (“yesterday”)
• Meaning: refers to the day immediately before today

Example sentences

• Niana ko sa iyang balay kagahapon. – “I went to her house yesterday.”
• Init kaayo ang panahon kagahapon. – “The weather was very hot yesterday.”
• Wala siya misulod sa klase kagahapon. – “He did not attend class yesterday.”

2. Key Points for Day-and-Time Vocabulary

• Cebuano has two main “yesterday” words: kagahapon (whole day) and gahapon (shorter, informal).
• Like English “yesterday,” kagahapon needs no preposition; it stands alone.
• In compound forms you can add a part-of-day phrase: kagahapon sa buntag (“yesterday morning”).
• Word stress: ka-ga-HÁ-pon (stress on the third syllable).
• Keep kagahapon distinct from ugma (“tomorrow”) and karon (“today/now”).

3. Common Collocations

• kagahapon sa buntag – yesterday morning
• kagahapon sa udto – yesterday at noon
• kagahapon sa hapon – yesterday afternoon
• kagahapon sa gabii – last night
• hangtod kagahapon – until yesterday

4. Typical Position in a Sentence

• Sentence-initial (most common): Kagahapon nagtrabaho ko hangtod alas otso.
• After the verb group: Nagtrabaho ko kagahapon hangtod alas otso.
• Rarely final (emphatic): Nagtrabaho ko hangtod alas otso kagahapon.

5. Frequently Used Conversational Phrases

• Unsa may nahitabo nimo kagahapon? – “What happened to you yesterday?”
• Na-human na ba nimo ang report kagahapon? – “Did you finish the report yesterday?”
• Dili ko ka-adto kagahapon. – “I could not go yesterday.”
• Gi-ulan ba diay kagahapon? – “Did it really rain yesterday?”
• Pasayloa ko sa nahitabo kagahapon. – “I’m sorry for what happened yesterday.”

6. Short Dialogue Exchanges (Cebuano → English)

1. A: Unsa imong gibuhat kagahapon?
   B: Nag-bisita ko sa akong lola kagahapon.
   – “A: What did you do yesterday? B: I visited my grandmother yesterday.”
2. A: Nakita nimo si Ana kagahapon?
   B: Wala, naa koy meeting kagahapon.
   – “A: Did you see Ana yesterday? B: No, I had a meeting yesterday.”
3. A: Gi-ulan ba sa dakbayan kagahapon?
   B: Oo, kusog gyud ang ulan kagahapon.
   – “A: Did it rain in the city yesterday? B: Yes, it rained hard yesterday.”
4. A: Nahuman na nimo ang project kagahapon?
   B: Dili pa, padayon pa ko kagahapon.
   – “A: Did you finish the project yesterday? B: Not yet; I was still working on it yesterday.”
5. A: Ganahan ka sa salida nga ato’ng gitanao kagahapon?
   B: Oo, lingaw kaayo ko kagahapon.
   – “A: Did you like the movie we watched yesterday? B: Yes, I enjoyed it a lot yesterday.”

7. Multiple-Choice Dialogue Questions

(Each question is interrogative and must be answered by a declarative sentence. Every option contains kagahapon.)

Q1. Asa ka miadto kagahapon?
A. Miadto ko sa merkado kagahapon.
B. Kagahapon miadto ko sa merkado.
C. Sa merkado kagahapon miadto ko.

Q2. Unsa imong gibuhat kagahapon?
A. Nag-luto ko og pasta kagahapon.
B. Pasta kagahapon nag-luto ko og.
C. Nag-luto kagahapon ko pasta og.

Q3. Kinsa imong gitawagan kagahapon?
A. Gitawagan nako si Pedro kagahapon.
B. Nako Kagahapon gitawagan si Pedro.
C. Pedro gitawagan nako kagahapon si.

Q4. Na-human ba nimo ang report kagahapon?
A. Oo, na-human nako ang report kagahapon.
B. Na-human kagahapon oo nako ang report.
C. Report na-human nako kagahapon ang oo.

Q5. Ganahan ba siya mogawas kagahapon?
A. Ganahan siya mogawas kagahapon.
B. Mogawas ganahan kagahapon siya.
C. Siya kagahapon ganahan mogawas.

Answer Key and Explanations

• Q1 → A – Correct order: Verb + subject + place + time phrase.
• Q2 → A – Verb phrase first; subject ko follows; object; time phrase last.
• Q3 → A – Object-focus verb Gitawagan followed by actor nako; object; time phrase.
• Q4 → A – Affirmative answer keeps Oo first, followed by verb, actor, object, then time phrase.
• Q5 → A – Predicate Ganahan leads; subject follows; infinitive verb; time phrase last.